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Wednesday, 13 June 2018 12:02‘5G will change entire device ecosystem’, says newly launched mobile phone association TMA
According to the newly formed mobile associationThe Mobile Association (TMA), 5Gwill change the entire device ecosystem. The new association represents Huawei, Lava, JioPhone, Foxconn, HTC, and Google, among others.
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Wednesday, 13 June 2018 12:00Airtel jumps onto the bandwagon of BharatNet; partners with DoT
To boost rural connectivity, the leading telco Bharti Airtel has joined the bandwagon of India’s ambitious plan BharatNet. It has partnered with the Department of Telecom (DoT), and under the partnership, the telco has set up three Broadband Experience Centres in three villages in Ghazipur, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 11:35Telecom operators to accept virtual Aadhaar ids for new connections from 1 July
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked all telecom operators to accept virtual ID of Aadhaar for issuing new connections from 1 July 2018.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 11:064G to account for 78% of total subscriptions in India by 2023: Ericsson Report
According to Swedish gear maker Ericsson’s June 2018 Mobility report, India will have 780 million VoLTE subscriptions by 2023, and 4G will account for 78% of total subscriptions compared to the 20 percent LTE subscriptions in 2017.
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Monday, 11 June 2018 10:07Airtel to install 12,000 mobile sites in Tamil Nadu
To further expand its operations and network footprint across Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel has announced that it will rollout 12,000 mobile sites in the state by 2018-19, which means 32 new Airtel mobile sites going live every day across the state.
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Monday, 11 June 2018 10:04OpenSignal Report: Jio'sdownload speed slows while others’ improve
Reliance Jio’s customers have been witnessing a drop in download speeds, as per the latest report from OpenSignal on overall mobile data download speeds in India, from May 2017 to February 2018.
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Friday, 08 June 2018 11:19Merged entity, Vodafone-Idea appoints circle heads
The merged telecom entity now called as Vodafone-Idea has appointed circle heads for overseeing the operations in the country. It has announced the appointment of nine executives each from their teams as circle heads.
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Friday, 08 June 2018 09:08RJio to achieve target of covering 99% population by FY18 end
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the parent firm of telecom operator RJio, said in its annual report on 8 June that it aims to cover 99% population by end of FY18. The report added that as of March-end, Jio reportedly added some 83 million subscribers on a year-on-year basis.
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Tuesday, 05 June 2018 12:50Madras HC dismisses Vodafone’s plea challenging TRAI's tariff listing order
The leading telecom operator Vodafone got a setback, as the Madras High Court has rejected its plea challenging the telecom regulator's mandatory listing of tariffs on its website, including segmented offers.
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Tuesday, 05 June 2018 12:49Idea gets approval for 100% FDI
The leading telecom operator Idea Cellular has got the approval of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for increasing the limit of FDI to 100%, thus paving the way for the merger of the carrier with Vodafone India.
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Monday, 04 June 2018 12:44RJio starts recruiting team for AI; dept to be headed by Akash Ambani
To tap the massive opportunities in the artificial intelligence (AI) segment, the leading telco Reliance Jio has a separate department headed by Akash Ambani. The department has started recruiting team for its ambitious program.
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Monday, 04 June 2018 12:37MCG sends notice to operators against 5,000 illegal mobile towers
Threatening that towers which are not regularised within the next two months will be sealed by the corporation, the Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) has sent notices to operators against 5000 illegal towers.
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Friday, 01 June 2018 12:20DoT changes licence rule to permit higher spectrum holding
The new norms,after amendments, allow telecom operators to hold two blocks of 3G spectrum that were auctioned in 2010 as result of merger or any other permissible arrangement among the companies.
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Friday, 01 June 2018 12:14MeitY writes to NPCI seeking details about Whatsapp wallet
As the formal launch of digital wallet by Whatsapp can be done anytime in India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)has written to National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) seeking further details about the digital payment service being tested by Whatsapp.
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Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:07TRAI launches web portal for network coverage details of all carriers
To give the transparent status of network coverage of all carriers to the consumers, the telecom regulator TRAI launched a web portal on 31 May. It will enable users to make more informed decisions while selecting their service provider. It is a beta version and done on a pilot basis with data from carriers in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.
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Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:04Vodafone installs 43000 kms of 200G long-haul network in 75 days
Claiming to have deployed world’s largest 200G long-haul network in India, the major telecom operator Vodafone has installed more than 43000 kms of 200G long-haul network in 75 days.
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Tuesday, 29 May 2018 05:34BSNL to give its landline customers a smartphone-like experience in Rajasthan
To giveits landline customers a smartphone-like experience in Rajasthan, the state-owned BSNL is upgrading its telephone exchanges which will enable customers to enjoy SMS, chatting and video calls on their landline phones.
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Monday, 28 May 2018 05:15Patanjali enters telecom sector; partners with BSNL
Baba Ramdev'sPatanjalihas now entered the telecom sector after collaborating with the BSNL. While launching Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards, Baba Ramdev said: "There are five lakh counters of BSNL and from there people can soon get Patanjali swadeshi-samradhi card."
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Monday, 28 May 2018 05:02TRAI not to regulate in-flight tariff
While the architecture for offering in-flight connectivity (IFC) services would be a business decision between Indian telcos and international telecom carriers with the latter acting as "intermediaries" between the aircraft company and a local telco, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will not regulate the tariff while flying in Indian airspace.
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Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:44RJio’s phone is world’s best-selling feature phone model: Report
According to Counterpoint Research report, Reliance JioPhone is the best-selling feature phone model in the world with 15% share in the first quarter of 2018. HMD Global (Nokia) was the second largest vendor with 14% share, followed by iTel (13%), Samsung (6%) and Tecno (6%).
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